Word: papa
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...Trinity. It's not the beginning of a joke; it's the premise of a privately published Christian novel, THE SHACK, that's become a surprise best seller. The guy, Mack, is returning to the shack where his youngest daughter was murdered three years earlier. God, or Papa, as she is known in the book, has invited Mack over to talk love, pain and more love. (The Jew is Jesus, and the Asian is the Holy Spirit.) The story becomes a standard guy-meets-God melodrama, heavy on the heartstrings and full of torrid and often turgid dialogue. The unorthodoxy...
...coincidence that more men are volunteering for three-hour pre-papa classes as marketers ply them with more masculine baby gear. Diaper Dude bags and DadGear diaper vests, which come with pockets for a changing pad and other essentials, are becoming modern-dad must-haves. On June 8, every Babies "R" Us in the U.S. is scheduled to host a Boot Camp session as part of a free event for fathers. And Johnson & Johnson recently signed a partnership with Boot Camp to help get men more involved in child care (and presumably buying more J&J products...
...city outside settles down for the night, inside Papa Costa's, the party is only just getting started. Aid workers jostle for space on the dancefloor with young Sudanese women who are content to let their scarves slip to their shoulders as a five-piece band hammers out a mixture of North African pop and rock 'n roll jukebox standards...
...This is a typical Sudanese band," says Omar Yahia, 50, the proprietor of Papa Costa's restaurant, "one of twenty that used to exist. They would play live and compete with each other more than thirty years ago." That was before the Islamists seized control of Sudan, all but banning live music and imposing curfews that kept people at home...
...Despite the music at Papa Costa's, things are moving slowly...